Allard Eric S, Hamilton Lucas J
Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University , Cleveland , Ohio , USA.
Exp Aging Res. 2019 Oct-Dec;45(5):460-468. doi: 10.1080/0361073X.2019.1664455. Epub 2019 Sep 6.
: The discrete emotions approach predicts differential relevance of anger and sadness experiences to well-being between younger and older adults (anger more relevant in young adulthood, sadness more relevant in old age). : We tested these assumptions within a semi-guided autobiographical recall task among a sample of younger and older adults. Participants recalled a series of 50 negative past life events that were categorized as to the primary emotion elicited. Phenomenological ratings included assessments of event negativity, positivity, vividness, and age at which the event occurred. : Contrary to expectations, there were no age differences in the ratio of anger and sadness experiences, as well as perceived negativity and vividness. However, perceived positivity of sadness events was higher among older relative to younger adults. : We discuss the present results in terms of how various emotional events maintain their representational nature in old age, while certain events could be particularly unique to divergent age-related well-being outcomes.
离散情绪方法预测愤怒和悲伤经历对年轻人和老年人幸福感的不同相关性（愤怒在青年期更具相关性，悲伤在老年期更具相关性）。我们在一项半引导式自传回忆任务中，对年轻人和老年人样本进行了这些假设的测试。参与者回忆了一系列50个过去的负面生活事件，并根据引发的主要情绪进行分类。现象学评分包括对事件消极性、积极性、生动性以及事件发生时年龄的评估。与预期相反，愤怒和悲伤经历的比例以及感知到的消极性和生动性在年龄上没有差异。然而，相对于年轻人，老年人对悲伤事件的感知积极性更高。我们从各种情绪事件如何在老年期保持其表征性质的角度讨论了当前结果，同时某些事件可能对于不同的与年龄相关的幸福感结果特别独特。
